The UK should reduce the cost and complexity of visas for people with expertise in artificial intelligence and create special zones for data centres, a government-commissioned report is expected to say.
The “AI Opportunities Action Plan” by venture capitalist Matt Clifford, submitted to the government last month and expected to be published in November, sets out dozens of recommendations on how to make Britain more attractive for companies developing machine learning technologies.
Science and tech secretary Peter Kyle has said he would put AI at the heart of the government’s growth agenda, and argued that if the technology was fully integrated into the economy it would increase productivity by 5 per cent.